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KCHIP Covers Kids in Kentucky

The Medicaid programs in each and every state include a portion that is designed to cover children. This part is often called CHIP, which stands for Children’s Health Insurance Program. In Kentucky, the program is called KCHIP, and the K stands for Kentucky. Medicaid is a public, or government run, form of health insurance. It is designed to provide accessible health care for individuals and families who are low-income, and who cannot afford to purchase a health insurance plan from a private insurance company. Medicaid is funded, in part, by the federal government. Funding for Medicaid also comes from the … Continue reading →

A List of Cheap and and Nutritious Kids Snacks

Sure we could go out to Target and load up on pre-wrapped and pre-boxed snacks for the kids, but that quickly gets expensive. Plus those snacks can get boring pretty quickly. This is why manufacturers are constantly reinventing the packaging, or the colors or the flavors of their standard snacks in order to spark new interest in their products. With the kids being close to being out of school, we are going to need some seriously cheap snacks around here for them and for their friends. They have to be cheap, too. With summer, I can be more flexible, since … Continue reading →

Finding Ways to Make Valentine’s Day Allergy-Friendly

Will your child’s classroom at school be having a Valentine’s Day party? This is one of those situations where you cannot be certain what foods, sweets, or treats your child will encounter. It can be a dangerous situation for children with food allergies. Fortunately, there are some allergy-friendly valentines treats to be found. If your child has food allergies, I would highly recommend that you speak with your child’s teacher before Valentine’s Day. Find out if there will be a Valentine’s Day celebration taking place in the classroom. Will the party include cookies, candy, and other treats that are sent … Continue reading →

Halloween Treats for Kids With Food Allergies

Holidays bring challenges to parents of kids who have food allergies. You want your child to be able to participate in the fun, without having an allergic reaction to one of the “treats”. If you don’t want to make your child “opt-out” of the Halloween fun, then you need to learn ways to provide safe, allergy free, sweets. Having food allergies is no fun. Halloween is one of the holidays that is based around “food”, (or, junk food, anyway). While all the other kids are gorging themselves on way too many sugary treats, kids who have food allergies are having … Continue reading →

Allergy Free Kids Room Part 2

Welcome to the new month! It is a great time to make an early resolution to create an allergy free room for your child. If you missed part 1 of this series, please click here to catch up. You don’t want to miss information about your child’s mattress and window treatments. Now, on to part 2. Toys Disorganization combined with toys out everywhere means lots of dust that is hard to control. Proper storage of toys and other belongings is important in order to reduce the dust that collects. Covered bins or boxes work wonderfully to reduce that dust, a … Continue reading →

Allergy Free Kids Room

You can improve the indoor quality of your home and create an allergy free zone for your child. Your child’s bedroom is one of the most important rooms to tackle when it comes to a healthy environment. During that long stretch of sleep, your child may be breathing in irritants and allergy triggers.And just the act of laying down and being prone can make allergy and asthma symptoms worse. Here is how you can create and maintain an allergy free room for your child. Regular cleaning First, you’ll need a commitment to keeping it really clean, which is easier said … Continue reading →

7 Ways to Have A Healthy Bedroom

Are you always getting colds and allergy symptoms no matter what time of year it is? Do your kids wake up with sniffles and coughs that go away later in the day? Are you tired when you wake up? If so, you might want to consider the fact that you are suffering from allergies. Your bedrooms might not be the healthiest places to sleep. Considering the importance of sleep, especially for kids, it makes sense to make a few changes in the bedroom to reduce your allergies and asthma. 1. Get rid of the carpet. Carpeting is notorious for trapping … Continue reading →

Hypoallergenic Hotel Rooms

By the end of the summer our family will have stayed at five different hotels in three different states. Two down, three to go. (You’ll recall the first left much to be desired.) I’m hoping the next few will live up to their online descriptions. It’s bad enough when you see a six-legged critter scurrying across the floor of a four-star hotel, but having to worry about hair, pet dander, pollen, mold and other bacteria left behind from the previous guest—it’s enough to make you put the kibosh on family trips. Let’s face it; every time you check into a … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: June 9 -15

Here are this week’s articles at a glance: Is your Home-life too busy for some Family Fun? Sometimes, even the good things in life can seem like another source of stress or feel like just another expense in growing pile of bills. It’s sad, but it happens. We just have so much going on that it can be overwhelming. It seems like there isn’t even time to relax and have a little fun. That’s when we have to get organized and make time. Dry Erase Door There are so many fun types of paint out there these days. These paints … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Eye Soother

Do you wake up sometimes with tired puffy eyes? It happens frequently here for me when the kids have slept well. Allergy season is another time when puffy eyes seems to make a frequent appearance. Well here is a homemade way to sooth those puffy eyes at a fraction of the cost of fancy creams. You have heard of using cucumbers over your eyes, haven’t you? We see it all of the time on television, in movies and in magazines. Whether someone wants to promote the idea of a woman in a fancy spa, she is always lying there, wrapped … Continue reading →